Reviews of Okaukuejo Camp
Wildlife sightings and reviews
701 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Okaukuejo Camp and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa
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"Best waterhole"
The food was fine and staff worked really hard to keep up with the buffet. Some guests behaved pretty badly, grabbing food and plates." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
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The food is reasonably good and the service is as good as could be expected.
Cabins are comfortable and fairly well appointed many with fridge, kitchenette, braai, separate bedroom and mosquito nets.
The local water hole is well visited by animals especially at night but gets noisy with tourists.
The largeness of the camp does tend to detract from the overall experience especially after visiting many small 'wilderniess' camps as we had but there are good facilities if you need them. Petrol, swimming pool, food and gift shops. The rangers here can take cards for park fees." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia; 6n in South Africa
"The waterhole at Okaukuejo is a real treat"
The camp itself is functional rather than luxurious, but our room was clean and comfortable, and the staff were perfectly competent.
We stayed 2 nights which was definitely worth it for getting a sense of the surrounding landscape, and the amazing amount of activity at the waterhole." See all these reviews: 9n in Namibia
"This is a large but efficient camp"
The floodlit water-hole provides really good opportunities to see rhino, one evening we saw nine there at the same time. The resident pride of lions at Okondeka are not to be missed either.
Obviously the size of this camp makes it a little more impersonal but all the staff that we met were friendly and helpful." See all these reviews: 22n in Namibia
"Okaukuejo Camp: fascinating"
Of course, the main reason to stay there is to be close to the waterhole. One night we saw a great night show starring six black rhinos, several lions and elephants, giraffes & lots of smaller animals interacting by the waterhole. You won't see that kind of action during the day.
It was fascinating." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
"Animals galore at Okaukuejo Camp"
The waterhole was wonderful, with adequate seating and a constant parade of animals visiting day and night.
Apart from the main road through the park, getting around was unexpectedly difficult with some routes in very poor condition and difficult to navigate in a 2WD car." See all these reviews: 20n in Namibia
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Lots of busy waterholes nearby
Restaurant insists on reservations for dinner which helped, but lunch service was very slow" See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
"Fantastic Place"
"Relaxing stay and excellent waterhole"
The quality of the camp overall was very good, and rather better even than Halali in that it had hard surfaced roads and footpaths rather than gravel roads. Our semi-deatched bush chalet was very good (clean, spacious, and as noted above well located for the waterhole).
The camp offered a fixed price evening three course buffet for N$170 each (except for drinks) which offered a good range of food, well presented. Very good choice of salads. Meat cooked while you wait (some meat rather tough). Booking was required and the restaurant allocated seats. Generally the outdoor sitting area was pleasant but some tables were in places which were rather cramped." See all these reviews: 7n in Namibia; 6n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
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